Başkent University Hospital

Early electrophysiological differentiation of faces and face-like stimuli in pediatric traumatic brain injury

Pediatric traumatic brain injury (PTBI) may disrupt neurodevelopmental systems supporting social perception, including the rapid processing of facial information. Although face perception is essential for social interaction, little is known about how children with TBI process amb...

Diagnosis, management, and prevention of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever: a Delphi-based consensus study in Türkiye

Background Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a widely distributed viral haemorrhagic fever with expanding geographic range. As new regions encounter the disease, clinicians must make high-stakes decisions despite limited standardised management frameworks. Methods In thi...

Subclinical Cardiac Dysfunction in Children with Iron Deficiency Anemia Assessed by Tissue Doppler and Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography

OBJECTIVE: Iron deficiency is the leading cause of anemia in childhood and may induce cardiovascular adaptations, including increased heart rate, elevated cardiac output, plasma volume expansion, and myocardial remodeling. Beyond hematologic consequences, reduced iron availabilit...

Feasibility and Prognostic Value of an Ovarian NAR-like Score in Advanced Ovarian Cancer Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Interval Debulking Surgery

Background: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by interval debulking surgery is an established treatment strategy for selected patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer. However, simple postoperative prognostic tools integrating pre-treatment disease extent and post-treatme...

Comparison of propofol and propofol–ketamine anesthesia on optic nerve sheath diameter in endovascular cerebral aneurysm procedures: a prospective randomized study

Endovascular treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms requires anesthetic strategies that maintain cerebral perfusion and hemodynamic stability while avoiding increases in intracranial pressure (ICP). Optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) measured by ultrasonography is commonl...

Multidimensional Associations Between Psychiatric Symptoms, Sleep Disturbance, Biological Variables, and Fibromyalgia Severity: A Classification and Regression Tree and Path Analysis Study

Background: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a complex chronic pain disorder characterized by interactions among psychological, biological, and clinical factors. Although psychiatric symptoms and sleep disturbance are recognized contributors to disease burden, their multidimensional relation...

Blood Pressure and Angina-Related Health Status During Benidipine Therapy: A Multicenter Real-World Cohort Study

Background: Benidipine is a long-acting calcium channel blocker used for the treatment of hypertension and chronic coronary syndrome. Although it effectively lowers blood pressure (BP), the relationship between BP reduction and improvement in angina-related health status during b...

Agreeable team members wanted: personality configurations of high-performing individuals in global virtual teams

Purpose Although much research has been done on the Big Five personality traits that underpin individual performance in teams, knowledge of the interdependencies of traits for individual performance is rather limited and especially so in the new ordinary workplace represented by...

From Vaginismus to Genito-Pelvic Pain/Penetration Disorder: A Bibliometric and Thematic Analysis of the Literature

The reclassification of vaginismus under genito-pelvic pain/penetration ­disorder (GPPPD) in the DSM-5 has reshaped the conceptual framework of female sexual pain disorders, introducing both integration and terminological heterogeneity. This study provides a comprehensive bibliom...